Whalebones And Crosses chords by John Denver

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro: E minorEm

  E minorEm                       B7sus2
 Whalebones and crosses stand against the Arctic sky
   E minorEm                     B7sus2
 The wind blows through the graveyard where our fallen fathers lie
E minorEm         C majorC         G+G       A augmentedA
 Eternal snow that covers them, the shadows of the sun
   D MajorD    A augmentedA   B minorBm   F# minorF#m   F#sus4F#7sus4 F#7F#7   B minorBm  E minorEm
 The mighty struggle on the seas, A augmentedA way of life is run


    E minorEm                       B7sus2
 I'll sing for you my father, for the ancient sacred ways
     E minorEm                B7sus2
 How the hunter loved the hunted, how the night becomes the day
   E minorEm      C majorC       G+G        A augmentedA
 The circle of the mighty spirit keeps us in its fold
   D MajorD    A augmentedA   B minorBm  F# minorF#m    F#sus4F#7sus4 F#7F#7       B minorBm
 The warmth of understanding, like a light shot through the cold

    G+G       A augmentedA         B minorBm        C#7sus4C#7sus4 C#7C#7
 Then bring to me my people, touch them with your loving hands
 F#F#        E MajorE         Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
 Lead them from confusion, lead them back unto the land
    C#sus4C#sus4  C#sus2C#sus2  C#sus4/G# C#sus2/G# Bbsus4Bbsus4  BbmBbm   F7F7
 For a sickness seems to block their path, it clouds my peoples' eyes
    BbmBbm F minorFm    F#F#        F7sus4F7sus4 F7F7   BbmBbm  B minorBm E minorEm
 The promise that an idle truth will reap a golden lie

  E minorEm                       B7sus2
 Whalebones and crosses stand against the Arctic sky
   E minorEm                     B7sus2
 The wind blows through the graveyard where our fallen fathers lie
E minorEm          C majorC        G+G         A augmentedA
 The timeless hunt a journey back to what we once came from
   D MajorD   A augmentedA   B minorBm  F# minorF#m F#sus4F#7sus4  F#7F#7   B minorBm
 Compassion and nobility beneath the midnight sun
   D MajorD    A augmentedA   B minorBm   F# minorF#m   F#sus4F#7sus4 F#7F#7   B minorBm  Bsus2Bsus2
 The mighty struggle of the seas, A augmentedA way of life is run